welding

[Fast lane]

Sorry if this sounds stupid but if you have powder coated Ic pipes would you be able to weld on a bov with out messing up the finish on the pipes.
Thanks for any help..

 

[KyRaceFan]

weld on the bov flange first.. then powdercoat...

if theyre already coated, then you'll likely need to get that section redone.

 

[WheelManATX]

would you be able to weld on a bov with out messing up the finish on the pipes.
QUOTE]

(uhm) good question , if a powercoat acts like paint while welding yeah forget about it... your going to mess it up, well just around where your welding.

BUT.... what might work is, if you don't let the pipe get too hot from the weld and do a little at a time.

 

[Fast lane]

Yea im not sure what i wanna do, i want a fmic ..but the pann auto kit only comes powder coated and they wont put a bov on so..im left with waiting till hiboost comes around..or getting pann auto kit and see what happens with the paint

 

[zmepro]

it will burn the coating and may not stick, you would have to get it refinished

 

[low_psi]

pann auto kit?

 

[122 Vega]

You can use a heat dam clay to some extent. If you are MIG welding or Heliarcing (TIG) it usually runs upwards of 1800 degrees. Most powdercoats will melt over 400. The clay would have to be put on the inside and out and then you would have to use a spotweld technique ane let the metal cool between welds. For the flange it might take awhile since the welds would be within one inch of each other. You'd have to allow more cooling time. The clay can be applied about a 1/4" from the weld, but the powder within that area would be gone without a doubt.

Good luck,

Britt

 

[Fast lane]

thanks for the idea with clay ill see if the shops around here can do that...

and yes pann auto has a kit...go to pannauto.com

 

[Gbourdon]

Damn does anybody have one of these IC setups?

 

[michiganspeed]

You can use a heat dam clay to some extent. If you are MIG welding or Heliarcing (TIG) it usually runs upwards of 1800 degrees. Most powdercoats will melt over 400. The clay would have to be put on the inside and out and then you would have to use a spotweld technique ane let the metal cool between welds. For the flange it might take awhile since the welds would be within one inch of each other. You'd have to allow more cooling time. The clay can be applied about a 1/4" from the weld, but the powder within that area would be gone without a doubt.

Good luck,

Britt

what he said. All welding will definetly destroy the coating; stick, mig, or tig.
good luck,
Jim